Linotype-machine.



H. DEGENER.

LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. I909.

1,155,996. Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

. a akwmfn' COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60. WASHINGTON, D C.

V the following is an exact specification of the HEINRICH niaGENER,orfnnnmiv, GER ANYfA'ssIGnonmo ivrnnenivrnatnnmnoryrn 1 j:

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To: all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'HEINRIOH DEGENER, of 26 Hollmannstrasse, Berlin,GermaniEmpire, manager, having invented certain new and usefulImprovements in'or Relating to- Linotype-Machines, dohereby declare thatsame.

This invention relates to linotype ma-.

chine of well known construction, in which for producing mixedcomposltlon matrlces are usedwhich are provided-withjthe same characterin two or more kinds of type, and

according to the character which is to be used are arranged ataidifferent level in "frontof the casting mold. In machines of thiskind, it has hitherto been usual to catch 7 the matrices falling fromthe case conduit,

at different levels and to add them to the line. To that end switcharrangements or adjustable catching mechanisms were used which howeveralways presented the'disade vantage that the matrices according-as theywere" caught at a high or low level, were struck at the top or at thebottom by the a transport wheel which arranged the matrices in .theline, whereby the matrices were placed in an oblique position andirregularities were produced when arranging them in line. This inventionhowever obviates the disadvantage inquestion by. avoiding an ad-vjustment of the catching Vmechanism altogether; on the contrary itallows the mat ricesto fall at the desiredheight by adjusting theconveyer band or the transport wheel, the transport wheel alwaysstriking the matrices at approximately the same point. For this purposethe transport wheel is movably arranged. The movementof the wheel beingexecuted in the direction of the set line, this arrangementsimultaneously can be used in all cases, in which the a matrix line mustbe moved within in the so called first elevator or a'ssemblingelevatorvin the direction from the right to the left hand side for the purpose toclear the right handportion of the said elevator. V a

The drawing represents, by way of example, a construction for two kindsof type,

Figure 1 being an elevation of the collecting device seen fromlthefront, and "Fig. 2

a plan of Fig. 1.

The matrices slide in the well known manner from the case'along theconveyer band a to the assembler elevator b. The lat Specificatibnof'Letters Patent. I

Application filed April 19, 1909; serial noaeoaaaf 1 ter is broadlyconstructed in any well known P ar-wow.1 I I manner, but differs fromthe former constructlons by, a number ofcollecting bars or ledges'c 0corresponding to. the number of f the different kinds of type beingarranged; on. it. Ofbthe said, collecting. ledges or? tracks, the higherledge alwaysstarts a little farther to the left compared to the lower;

one. ;:'Tl1e matrices sliding down, after htLVR sliding plate or chutedand fall from there with their bottom ears on one ofthe ledges.

ingleft the. conveyer band. a, pass on the.

in the first; elevator. The 7 transport wheel. I

e is mounted in a double lever f arranged rotatably'abou't the bolt 9and always pulled by'the spring hfinto the position shown in Fig. l, thesecond branch of the double lever V ifiresting -against the stop z. Bymeans-of 'y a switch gear,-th'e double lever can be turned and in thatwaythe transportwheel raised into the position shown. in Fig. 1' of theydrawing by chain-dotted lines. This switching over, caabe effectedeither by airecayif depressing the second branchof the lever f,

orby meansfo-fthe connecting rod m and the' double lever which lattercarries at its; other end. a roller 0, and is reciprocated by theup-anddown' movement of the slidep I or of the projection g on the latter. The

up and down movement of the slide pis effected by means of a change orswitch: I lever preferably arranged near the key board but not shown inthe drawing. In

order to make direct movement ofth'e lever .f'possible, the rod m isconnected'to the lever through an elongated hole. In the de pressedposition, the ,lever is held by'the lug Z of the stop i, after thelatter has been turned to the extent of in'the direction of the arrow.When the transport wheel 6 is in the position shown in Fig. 1

in fulllines,thematrices will fall on to the I I bottom collector ledge0 and will be brought,

into the line in the well known manner If: On the transport wheel beingturned 'upward, theilatter, and with itthe guide plate Chute d ne ted tothe bell crank lever f-in a suitable manner, will be brought into theposition shown in chain dotted lines, and will thusclose-to the'fallingmatrices, that portion ofthe collector within which the upper ledge cstandsback relativelyto I the bottom 'ledge, 0 The matrices will ftherefore be caught by the upper ledge. Those matrices which incollecting on the port Wheel being turned, are forced into the line tosuch an eXtent that the matrices now descending which fall into thecollector behind the point at which the ledge 0 begins, will be able tocome into the line behind the matrix put down last. When falling on theupper ledge, the bottom character of the matrices Will be added to theline. In order to enable the spaces also to slide down in a reliablemanner, the plate along which they slide down into the line, is arrangedin an adjustable manner. A cam 'r is turned by the upward movement ofthe transport, Wheel 6 by means of the intermediate member s and thecrank t, and thus presses the resilient bottom portion a of the spacechute or guide plate into the position shown in Fig.1 of the drawinginchain-dotted lines. In that position of the guide plate the spaces willbe slightly deviated from their path and guided to the left to such anextent that they Will be able properly to fit the last matrix.

Thertransport wheel 6 is driven by means of toothed Wheels 1) and 'w,the axis of rotation of the lever being used as the axis for the wheel'0, so that it is possible to turn the lever 7 with the transport WheelWithout modifying the engagement of the teeth.

As the beginning of the line is different Copies of this patent may beobtained for according as the compositor sets distinctive type orordinary type, that point at the end of the line at which the linebecomes full, of course alters also. easier to watch the line, a doublemarking piece can be preferably arranged at that point, the distancebetween the two marks of the same being equal to the distance to whichthe transport wheel is shifted in the horizontal direction in the twopositions. The marking piece is shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The twoprojections of the same are marked :0 m 7 In order to make it :i

Having thus particularlydescribed and V HEINRICH DEGENER. Witnesses:

JVOLDEMAR HAUrT, immy Hasrnn.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Fatents. Washington.D. G.

